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“Donald Trump has provided tacit encouragement and little to no denunciation of white supremacist groups and individuals who promote their bigoted, nationalist ideology and policies,” the resolution charges.

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) are both parents of children with type 1 diabetes and leaders of the Congressional diabetes caucus. They requested a meeting from the organizations that represent the drug companies that make insulin, the insurance companies that cover the drug and the pharmacy benefit managers that negotiate prices on insurers' behalf

“This is going to jeopardize the welfare of so many children,” the Denver Democrat said at a news conference at Denver’s Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. “We can’t sustain this ongoing assault to our health care.”

"I’ve been a longtime proponent of making bipartisan improvements to the Affordable Care Act, including at every hearing that we’ve had in my committee — the Energy and Commerce Committee — where I’ve said if Republicans would give up this idea of repealing the ACA and work with Democrats to improve it, we could make a lot of progress."

“After seven years of noisy party wrangling, I can confidently stand here today and say there is a path going forward to strengthen our health care system. There are reasonable, effective solutions that can secure bipartisan support and help us fulfill the duties that we as elected officials have to our constituents and to all Americans,” Ms. DeGette said at the National Press Club in downtown D.C.

“This bad bill would rip health insurance away from millions of people — 24 million over ten years, and 14 million next year alone,” DeGette said. “Democrats believe we can and should work together to improve the ACA, not to vote on a misguided bill that would gut it.”

"Until now, we haven't talked at all about compromise on the Affordable Care Act," said Representative Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado. "From the moment it passed, Republicans started their mantra of 'repeal and replace.' Now that repeal seems to be off the table, I think it's in everybody's interest to make the law work better for our constituents."